Police Rescue 14 Kidnap Victims In Zamfara

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Zamfara State have rescued no fewer than 14 kidnap victims after spending over two months in a bandits‘ den.

Naija News understands that the victims, including five children below of age of 2 years were abducted in the Anguwar Mangoro and Gidan Maidawa villages of Zamfara State in January 2023.

Speaking on the rescue mission, the spokesman of the Zamfara Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said the victims were rescued after police operatives in conjunction with the vigilante while on a mop-up operation near Munhaye forest, successfully dislodged some bandits camp belonging to one recalcitrant bandit Kingpin AKA Dogo Sule.

“As a result of the operation, fourteen ( 14) Hostages Comprising of two (2) Male adults, Seven (7) Females, and Five (5) Children below of age of 2 years were rescued.

“In the course of debriefing, the victims informed the Police detectives that, on 1st January 2023 at about 2300hrs, a large number of suspected bandits armed with sophisticated weapons stormed Anguwar Mangoro and Gidan Maidawa villages in Gusau LGA and abducted them to their camp where they spent 68 days in captivity,” the police mouthpiece noted.

Shehu disclosed further that the victims who were in sympathetic condition were taken to the Police clinic in Gusau for medical treatment and, after that, reunited with their family/relations.

The police spokesman, however, reiterated the force’s continuous commitment to protecting the lives and properties of citizens in the state.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Kolo Yusuf, congratulates the victims for regaining their freedom and reassures the continuous commitment to protecting the lives and property of the citizens,” Shehu noted.